1966 Fury III - Unfinished Project

[Philip Andrews]

Oh, to answer the original question:

The yoke is trash. It had (since removed) half a bolt stuck in one hole, the other has been drilled out at a jaunty angle and it's all smashed up where it's been run with no bearing cups for many miles. Imagine the noise that made...

Phil

 

[rkrochen]

Stand up and raise your hand, who said "you didn't tighten it enough".

Yes.

It's all back together again.

Thanks

Phil

That’s the only thing that made sense. Glad you got it fixed.

 

[Philip Andrews]

Weather was nice tonight so I took a piece of steel from the pile of offcuts

Marked out where it needed to be hammered.

Marked out where it needed to be drilled, after it was hammered.

Test fit, acceptable.

Trimmed up and profiled to match where it needs to go in the floor. I'll cut that out and weld in when I've got some daylight.

Phil

 

[Philip Andrews]

Welded in.

Nice. Got a gas pedal again.

Phil

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Nicely done! Now you can buy a good (uncracked) used pedal, or the new repro version.

 

[Philip Andrews]

Better still, I got it connected up. Wanted to wash the driveway so put the car by the garage.

Got a couple dead pots, need to find out why. Got into 2nd gear though.

Phil

 

[3175375]

Better still, I got it connected up. Wanted to wash the driveway so put the car by the garage.

Got a couple dead pots, need to find out why. Got into 2nd gear though.

Phil

Good work!

Hose!

 

[Philip Andrews]

Good work!

Hose!

Took a bit more than that. Jet wash took most of it off at least.
Need to look at why it is misfiring bad too.

 

[Philip Andrews]

Cleaned the carburetor out and got it adjusted.
Starter needs work again.

Phil

 

[Ripinator]

Cleaned the carburetor out and got it adjusted.
Starter needs work again.

Phil

Hose!

 

[Philip Andrews]

I feel like I missed the first part of the joke here...

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

It's an old one that's been floating around here on FCBO - many cars for sale are made to look shiny by soaking them with a hose just prior to photos - so many in fact that we started calling them on it by saying HOSE!... so whenever we see a hose in a picture of a car (for sale or not) it's now an autonomic reaction!

 

[Philip Andrews]

Some spares arrived in the mail. Waiting on more. They're just going to sit in their box for now, we have a week of constant rain forecast.

 

[Philip Andrews]

Rain eased off so I got the phenolic spacer fitted for the carburetor.

Then I heat bandage wrapped the exhaust manifold after reshaping it a bit to clearance the steering.

Surprised how much that cuts down on the heat right there.
Works for me.

Phil

 

[Philip Andrews]

Ordered a pair of exhaust gaskets, they came in the wrong type but I think they'll work. I'll try it out but that'll get the exhaust bolted together in the correct place at least.

Been doing a little research and I think I'll likely end up with a true dual system and Magnaflow mufflers. I've been instructed by my wife that she should "be able to hear it when it's running, and everybody else would know when I've put my foot down".

Okay, I can do that. She wants a deep bass rumble with an off balance thrum.

Phil

 

[Philip Andrews]

Question: Brakes. Overall, the brake systems I'm guessing share a lot in common across the Chrysler group- most manual drum systems follow the same basic recipe?
Master to proportion valve to wheels, the later twin system being split front/rear?

Phil

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Craig @mobileparts can answer this very clearly.

 

[Philip Andrews]

I guess more the question, if I have 66 drums and cylinders all round, can I upgrade to the slightly later twin system and proportion valve?

 

[Just Carbs]

I used a 67 New Yorker master cylinder on my all drum 64 New Yorker and didn't need a proportioning valve.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Absolutely. Use a 67 or up dual circuit drum master such as noted above by @Just Carbs - it will simply bolt right on. Just choose the one for manual brakes or power brakes as per your car's setup. As well, there is a proper distribution setup already available for easy-peasy install on eBay.

Of course, now that I look for it after seeing it a trillion times (prebent lines and all), I can't find it. Look for a something along the lines of a C body dual master conversion... should come up.